Car-label holder



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(No l lodel.) G. J. S-LAFTER.

M GAR LABEL HOLDER. 110.268.83 1. Patented Dec. 12. 1882.

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0A3 LABEL HOLDER.

Patented Dec. 12, 1882 Inveinoz:

UNITED STATES.

PATENT Orrica- CORODEN J. SLAFTER, OF GRAND JUNCTION, MICHIGAN.

CAR-LABEL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,834, dated December 12, 1882.

Application filed February 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OORODEN J. SLAF'IER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Junction, county of Van Buren, State of Michigamhave inveu ted new and useful Improvements in Gar-Label Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a prior device invented by me for attaching labels to cars; and it has for its object certain improvements in the same, the construction and purpose of which are set forth in the detailed description.

My former device consisted of a plate having arms which supported helices of a wire, said wire extending down the front side of the plate, forming a clamp, and also extending down the rear side and terminating through the plate in spurs to receive the label forced onto them by the clamp. The above is not claimed in this application, but is introduced in the drawings, in connection with the improved features, merely to show their relationship.

1n the drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, Figure l is a front view of the labelholder; Fig. 2, a plan view of a change in construction 5 Fig.3, rear view of the plate in perspective below dotted lines 1 2 in Fig. 1; Figs. land 5, cross-section on line 3 4 in Fig. 2; Fig. 6, a portion ofFig. 2, showing aspur; Fig. 7, sectional view on line 5 6 .in Fig.8, also showing the wallin section to which the holder is attached; Fig. 8, front view ofthe holder, showing a covering or shield to-the helices; Fig. 9, the shield, inperspective, detached; Fig. 10, a variation, showing the shield integral with the holder; and Figs. 11 and 12 show a staple preferred to that shown in Fig. 6.

B is the plate, having arms containing the helical springs d d. c c are the wires terminating in spurs pp, and c c the wire forming V the clamp, with handle 0.

wires 0 c, if deemed necessary, to hold them secure in place. In lieu ot'these grooves projections a a may be formed on the plate, as shown in Fig. 3, the two upper ones being outside, and the two lower ones being on the inside, of wires 0 0. Only the two upper ones need be used (to hold the wires firmly against shoulders I) b) in most cases. By perforating the wall F to receive the projections the plate is kept from turning, and only one screw need be used, or a bolt to secure the device to said wall.

If preferred, the holder may be made without the body of the plate B, as in Fig. 2, thus making a saving in the expense. It consists of plate D, having arms, and the clamp-wire and helices, as in the other devices, and is provided with hooks, either like 8 or f, Figs. 4. and 5, in which wires 0 c are located. Hook 8 terminates in a spur driven into the wooden wall F, and having a like function in this respect of projection a. Hook f retainsthe wire in place, butis notextended in the wall. The spur ends of the wires are secured to the wall by staples t, as in Figs. 2 and 6, or by the staple t, Figs. 11 and 12. The latter figure shows the staple blocked out of metal before bending, as in the formerfigure. Such a staple serves to not only secure the wires but keeps the spur in its true right-angled position and prevents its turning over.

At E, I show a shield which is especially intended to obscure the helices from the sight of thoughtless or willful parties who might be tempted to damage or take them from the device while the cars are standing in the caryard and on side tracks. ltalso serves to shield said parts from the weather. It is formed hollow and rounding, somewhat like a trough, and closed at the ends. In Fig. 9 this shield is shown separate from the holder. It has thin extensions n n, which fit under theplate B, each side of the shoulders I) b of the neck, to which the arms are connected. By this means and a screw through the projection the shield is connected with the device to the wall. Slots m m are formed in the shield to receive the caxnp-arms c 0, and to allow them to be raised when placing the label between them and the spurs. (Shown in Fig. 7 and 10.) The outside edges of said slots serve to keep the helices compressed, and to keep them close againstshouldersbb when operating the clamp. In Fig. 10 the shield is shown cast integral with theholder-plate, a portion beingcutaway, showing helix (1, not herein claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a label-holder provided with a clamp and with spurs to receive the label, the clamp formed with the zigzag sides, the lower loops thereof surrounding said spurs, all substantially as set forth.

2. Adevice for holding labels, provided with a clamp having the zigzag sides, substantially as set forth.

3. A label-holder consisting of the narrow plate provided with the wire retaining-hooks at its lower corner, the arms. helical springs, clamp, spurs to receive the label, and means for securing said spurs directly to the wall, all substantially as described.

4. In a label-bolder, the plate or body provided on its rear face with projections, which serve to keep the wires in place, and also prevent said plate from turning, all substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with the plate or body provided with the arms, and the clamp provided with the helical springs supported by said arms, of a shield provided with the slots to receive the arms of said clamp, and the projecting thin edges adapted to catch under the plate each side of the neck which supports the said arms, all substantially as described and shown.

OORODEN J. SLAFTER.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. PERKINS, EDWARD D. CHASE. 

